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The Long Wait is a american film of genre Drama directed by Victor Saville released in USA on 26 may 1954 with Anthony Quinn
The Long Wait (1954)
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Add to a movie listThe Long Wait is a 1954 film based on the 1951 novel of the same title by mystery writer Mickey Spillane.
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Johnny McBride is badly hurt while hitch hiking and loses his memory when the car he is riding in crashes. Two years later, a clue leads him to his old home town, where he finds he is a murder suspect. McBride tries to clear his name of the presumed murder charges. Thugs working for the local mob boss try to end his meddling.Actors
Anthony Quinn
(Johnny McBride)
Charles Coburn
(Gardiner)
Gene Evans
(Servo)
Peggie Castle
(Venus)
Mary Ellen Kay
(Wendy Miller)
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